Class design ToString

[rc]

is there anyway of creating a class so that when it is used as the object
directly it does the toSting implementation
ie
public class recordID
private mid as string
public overloads function Tostring as string
retrun mid
end function
end class
so if i was using recorid anywhere then i dont get unable to convert to
string error

[Jorge Matos]

What you want is not available in VB.NET for VS2003, you need to overload the
"+" operation and the Cast operation which will be available in VS2005.

"rc" wrote:

is there anyway of creating a class so that when it is used as the object
directly it does the toSting implementation
ie
public class recordID
private mid as string
public overloads function Tostring as string
retrun mid
end function
end class
so if i was using recorid anywhere then i dont get unable to convert to
string error

[Otis Mukinfus]

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 10:04:02 -0700, "Jorge Matos"
<matos_jorge(NOSPAM)@hotmail.com> wrote:

You mean you can't do this in VB.NET?:

public override string ToString()
{
return TheStringYouWantToReturn;
}

What you want is not available in VB.NET for VS2003, you need to overload the
"+" operation and the Cast operation which will be available in VS2005.

"rc" wrote:

is there anyway of creating a class so that when it is used as the object
directly it does the toSting implementation
ie
public class recordID
private mid as string
public overloads function Tostring as string
retrun mid
end function
end class
so if i was using recorid anywhere then i dont get unable to convert to
string error

Otis Mukinfus
http://www.otismukinfus.com

[Jorge Matos]

Otis,

Overriding methods is different from overloading operators, you can override
methods in VB.NET if you mark the method as Overrideable, but you cannot
override an operator such as "+" or "-", at least not until VS2005 is
released. Please refer to the following article for more info:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ml/vs03h12.asp

"Otis Mukinfus" wrote:

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 10:04:02 -0700, "Jorge Matos"
<matos_jorge(NOSPAM)@hotmail.com> wrote:

You mean you can't do this in VB.NET?:

public override string ToString()
{
return TheStringYouWantToReturn;
}

What you want is not available in VB.NET for VS2003, you need to overload the
"+" operation and the Cast operation which will be available in VS2005.

"rc" wrote:

is there anyway of creating a class so that when it is used as the object
directly it does the toSting implementation
ie
public class recordID
private mid as string
public overloads function Tostring as string
retrun mid
end function
end class
so if i was using recorid anywhere then i dont get unable to convert to
string error

Otis Mukinfus
http://www.otismukinfus.com